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With the plush 6.5" EVO springs in front and HD 6.5" springs in rear I still got me some rake too ;)

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So you have a 6.5” lifted gladiator in Honolulu? Do you also have a hot spouse and a huge dong?
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Rock krawler is great springs, used them on my JKU as well, no issues at all. The reason I went with EVO is RK only made 5.5" springs and I wanted the JT to sit higher because I'm "insecure" :CWL:
I’m laughing my ass off. I can’t believe you typed this as I was typing my reply. Good stuff.
 

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@imallcrawl and @WILDHOBO ..LMBO you two are cracking me up , crying here.!!🤣
I’m crying for real over this Volvo brake job. Front was easy. One of the rear caliper bracket bolts is buried in the depths of hades. It’s so stupid. I finally got it off, but no clue yet how I’m getting it torqued again.

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I’m crying for real over this Volvo brake job. Front was easy. One of the rear caliper bracket bolts is buried in the depths of hades. It’s so stupid. I finally got it off, but no clue yet how I’m getting it torqued again.

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If you can even see it, the lower hole is down there laughing at me.

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@WILDHOBO, if its a tight spot may have to use a skinny breaker bar and just dont go past one ugga dugga and call it good. Can you turn the wheel and get an inch torque bar in there ?
 

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@WILDHOBO, if its a tight spot may have to use a skinny breaker bar and just dont go past one ugga dugga and call it good. Can you turn the wheel and get an inch torque bar in there ?
Breaker bar would be great, but it was too long for the wheel well. I got it back in. I used gel thread locker to make the turns easier. Since it’s casting to casting, the bottom is the bottom. Then I leaned on it as much as possible. I like jeep wheel wells. I could fit both of my kids in there.

Ever needed one of these for a brake job?

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I think for my pavement princess, those aluminum ones should be good (for now) :LOL:
I'm with you there (not the pavement princess part) but I wheel light trails and washed out old backroads. so I am good with stock knuckles.
Besides I did my heavy wheeling back in the 80's and 90's out west.
I've been watching utube videos of present day wheeling out west and when I watched some traverse Bear Creek Pass I was like holy crap we actually did those with pretty much stock vehicles
back then.
 
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...Besides I did my heavy wheeling back in the 80's and 90's...
That's exactly like me. I had all my fun back then, now I just embrace all the hate I get for driving a mallcrawler :CWL:
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